Caracolus

Caracolus
	Caracolus caracolla
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Superfamily:	Sagdoidea
Family:	Solaropsidae
Genus:	Caracolus; Montfort, 1810
Type species
	Caracolus oculatus Montfort, 1810;
Synonyms
	Caracolla Montfort, 1810; Carocolla Gray, 1825 (incorrect subsequent spelling or emendation); Corocolla auct. (incorrect subsequent spelling); Discodoma Swainson, 1840; Helix (Caracolla) Albers, 1850 (unaccepted rank); Helix (Caracolus) Montfort, 1810; Helix (Carocolla) (incorrect subsequent spelling); Serpentulus Adams, 1855; Vortex Oken, 1815 (Not available name: Published in a work placed on the Official Index by Opinion 417); Wurtzorbis Webb, 1970;

Caracolus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Solaropsidae.^[3]

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Caracolus include:

Caracolus oculatus Montfort, 1810: synonym of Caracolus carocolla (Linnaeus, 1758)

^ Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 138.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Schileyko A. A. (2006). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae". Ruthenica Suppl. 2: 1765-1906. pages 1826.
^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Caracolus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=932622 on 2020-07-27
^ "Tree snail". El Yunque National Forest. April 3, 2020. Retrieved April 28, 2022.

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